Legal Opinion

Findlay v. Knickerbocker Ice Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1899PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gr. SiebboebR, Circuit Judge. In the spring of 1898 defendant purchased from the National Ice Company'a certain ice-house and also^ received a bill of sale, in general terms, of personal property, the contents of which,,is not specifically disclosed, but according to evidence might have sufficed to' transfer any ice stored in that ice-house.

Read the full summary

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: R. Gr. SiebboebR, Circuit Judge. In the spring of 1898 defendant purchased from the National Ice Company'a certain ice-house and also^ received a bill of sale, in general terms, of personal property, the contents of which,,is not specifically disclosed, but according to evidence might have sufficed to' transfer any ice stored in that ice-house. Plaintiffs, the winter previous, cut and stored in the ice-house, under the authority of a renting partly verbal and partly by letter, a quantity of ice, as to which transaction the defendant…

1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.

1. The regularity of the amendment of the complaint cannot be doubted. An oral decision amending the complaint, made by the court on the 9th or 10th of J an-uary, was entirely sufficient for that purpose (Baker v. Baker, 51 Wis. 538); and we cannot disregard the court’s declaration of what that decision was, reduced to writing and signed ten days later nunc pro time; certainly not, upon the conflicting recollection of counsel.

• 2. Counsel for appellant urges as error the fact that the court submitted to the jury the question of the value of the property at the date of the seizure by…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ingram v. RankinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Baker v. BakerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Carrel v. EarlyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1815
  4. Wadleigh v. BuckinghamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Allen v. VojeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Blickle v. Kent Probate JudgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Wallis v. First National Bank of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Comstock v. BoyleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Traeger v. SperbergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1950

2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API